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By Ron Kampeas
(May 25, 2025 / JPost) In the weeks and months before Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were gunned down by a man who then shouted “Free Palestine,” President Donald Trump had already waged a battle on pro-Palestinian activism.
His administration sought to deport student activists. It froze billions of dollars in funding to universities, demanding reforms in how they address antisemitism. And on Thursday, it withdrew Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students.
Will the murder of the two Israeli embassy employees — by a gunman who allegedly said he “did it for Gaza” – prompt the president to intensify his crackdown?
Some Republican officials and conservative pro-Israel activists hope so.
“The fact of the matter is, the Palestinian cause is an evil one,” Rep. Randy Fine, a firebrand Jewish Republican from Florida, told Fox News.
On Wednesday night, he posted on X/Twitter, “It is high time for us to acknowledge there is nothing peaceful about this movement and that these demons must be put down by any means necessary.”
He wasn’t alone.
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The Zionist Organization of America, a conservative group whose views often align with Trump’s, said the attack in Washington should be a predicate for further crackdowns.
“We must now double down to quash the terrorism-promoting demonstrations on college campuses,” it said in a statement. “This must stop! This only inspires hatred and violence against Jewish people and others. And we must support the deportation of illegal violent criminals.”
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